Publications & Reports

Our team is engaged in dynamic academic collaborations and has published articles in a variety of journals. NLAP is also honored to contribute to the broader interweaving of knowledges across disciplines and sectors. Here you can see our team’s publications, reports, and third-party publications that cite our work.

Here, you can browse some of the many publications featuring the Native Lands Advocacy Project’s work, organized into three groupings: works authored or co-authored by NLAP staff and published by other institutions, reports produced and published by NLAP, and third-party publications that cite the Native Land Information System. Scroll to explore them all, or select from the menu below to jump to your area of interest.

Publications Authored or Co-Authored by NLAP Staff

Issues in Science and Technology, Spring 2024

Reform Federal Policies to Enable Native American Regenerative Agriculture

The federal government should embrace Native-led agriculture practices to better conserve ecosystems and incentivize carbon sequestration.

By Aude K. Chesnais, Joseph P. Brewer II, Kyle P. Whyte, Raffaele Sindoni Saposhnik, Michael Kotutwa Johnson

Environment and Planning F, May 2023

Life and times of data access: Regarding Native Lands

In this article we recommend new processes that strengthen Tribal data sovereignty as the fundamental underpinnings to an inclusive and protected data in the future.

By Joseph P Brewer, II, Stephanie Russo Carroll, David Bartecchi, Aude K. Chesnais, Michael Kotutwa Johnson

Regulations.gov, submitted May 2021

Public Comment on the Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool

A strong statistical argument for the inadequacy of using Census Tract level data for determining eligibility for reservation populations in the Justice40 initiative. Justice40 subsequently updated their screening to include all Native geographies under the “disadvantaged” category.

Submitted by Village Earth, NLAP

Routledge Handbook of the Digital Environmental Humanities, September 2022

The Double Data Movement towards the Ecological Pluriverse: The Case of the NLIS

This chapter retraces and links the role of data in the colonial history of land dispossession– largely responsible for the Anthropocene–to contemporary tokens of Indigenous data production which use digital innovation to enact alternative sustainable outcomes for Native land.

By Aude K. Chesnais

Colorado State University, School of Global Environmental Sustainability, March 2021

The NLIS and Food System Transition Index: Supporting Sustainable Land Planning on US Native Land Through GIS Innovation

Learn about the founding of the NLIS and the Food System Transition Index, which provides a more interconnected way to look at food systems and measure their transitions towards healthier, more sustainable, climate and socially resilient systems.

By Aude K. Chesnais

People of the Sacred Land – Truth, Restoration, and Education Commission, August 2023

Historic Loss Assessment: Loss of life, land, and precious resources for nine Native Nations in Colorado

This Historic Loss Assessment focuses on the quantitative impacts of Euro-American expansion into Colorado, including how this theft became the original source of capital that built Colorado.

Produced by NLAP for People of the Sacred Land

Reports by the Native Lands Advocacy Project

Annual Report, 2025

2025 Impact Report

Read about the opportunities and challenges NLAP experienced in 2024-2025, our growing impact, and our plans and dreams for the future.

Climate Data Portal, 2023

Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation on Tribal Lands

This literature review of public tribal climate adaptation plans identifies key areas of concern that Native Nations have for the future of their lands and peoples.

Third-Party Publications that Cite the Native Land Information System

A wide range of third-party sources have cited the Native Land Information System: academic articles, dissertations, government briefings, commercial reports, web articles, reference lists, and more. The list below is non-comprehensive, but it represents the breadth of applications that our data tools and informational resources can serve. (The views represented in the works below are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent NLAP’s views).

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A Tale of Two Fire Systems: Indigenous Fire Stewardship in British Columbia and California
Nikolakis, W., Schepens, G., Stephens, S. L., Ross, R. M., & Hankins, D. L. (2025). A Tale of Two Fire systems: Indigenous Fire Stewardship in British Columbia and California. Fire Ecology, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s42408-025-00399-8

Counter-Mapping, Indigenous (Counter-)Mapping
Agnès Trouillet, A., & Lavat, B. (2025). Counter-Mapping, Indigenous (Counter-)Mapping, IdeAs, 26. http://journals.openedition.org/ideas/22965

Evaluation of FAIR Principles in Indigenous Water-Climate-Environment (WCE) Data Repositories
Sarzaeim, P., & Bulltail, G. (2025). Evaluation of FAIR Principles in Indigenous Water-Climate-Environment (WCE) Data Repositories. Data Science Journal, 24, 31. https://doi.org/10.5334/dsj-2025-031

Geospatial Impacts of Land Allotment at the Standing Rock Reservation, USA: Patterns of Gain and Loss
Egbert, S. L., & Meisel, J. J. (2025). Geospatial Impacts of Land Allotment at the Standing Rock Reservation, USA: Patterns of Gain and Loss. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 14(9), 363–363. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi14090363

Impact Entrepreneurship: Reimagining Entrepreneurial Purpose and Research for Driving Societal Impact
Vogel, A., Nadegger, M., Wolf, B., Spanjol, J., Gümüşay, A. A., Edinger-Schons, L. M., Volkmann, C., Krebs, K., Bafera, J., Gebken, L., Vilchez, P., von Schweinitz, F., Stroehle, J., Gossel, B. M., Kruse, D. J., Mirtsch, M., & Unger, V. L. (2025). Impact Entrepreneurship: Reimagining Entrepreneurial Purpose and Research for Driving Societal Impact. Schmalenbach Journal of Business Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41471-025-00221-w

Indigenous Data Sovereignty: Applying It By, With, For, and Through Indigenous Evaluators and EvaluationsBowman (Lunaape/Mohican), Dr. N., & Bremner (Métis), L. (2025). Indigenous Data Sovereignty: Applying It By, With, For, and Through Indigenous Evaluators and Evaluations. Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation, 39(2), 265–287. https://doi.org/10.3138/cjpe-2024-0039

International Symposium: Images and Words Beyond Borders: Latinx and Indigenous Artistic Perspectives on Intellectual Sovereignty
Joncour, L. (2025). International Symposium: Images and Words Beyond Borders: Latinx and Indigenous Artistic Perspectives on Intellectual Sovereignty. Transatlantica, 1. https://doi.org/10.4000/14b98

Land-Back to Move Forward? The Measurable Relationship between Land-Back Movements and Economic Outcomes in Indigenous Communities within the U.S
Arcoite, B., & Kent, D. (2025). Land-Back to Move Forward? The Measurable Relationship between Land-Back Movements and Economic Outcomes in Indigenous Communities within the U.S. Social Science Research Network (SSRN). https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5189600

Live, Work, Govern Using Diné Fundamental Law
Yazzie, H., Deal, R., Foo, J., Hamersky, M., Bitsuie, R., Dennison, G., Bourgeois, T., Tuttle, T., Blend, S., Palmer, L., & Bonetti, E. (2025). Live, Work, Govern Using Diné Fundamental Law. The Urban Lawyer, 53(1). https://www.americanbar.org/groups/state_local_government/resources/urban-lawyer/53-1/live-work-govern-dine-fundamental-law/

Understanding the Unequal Costs of Native American Homeownership
Gregg, Matthew T. and Feir, Donn L. and Banga, Helen. (2025). Understanding the Unequal Costs of Native American Homeownership. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5236880 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5236880

Blockbuster Science: Checking Our Positions
Barnes-Johnson, J. (2024). Blockbuster Science: Checking Our Positions. The Science Teacher, 91(4), 8–10. https://doi.org/10.1080/00368555.2024.2358419

Combining Tradition and Technology
Luscombe, E. (2024). Combining Tradition and Technology. Issues in Science and Technology, XL(4). https://issues.org/traditional-ecological-knowledge-chesnais-forum/

Geohumanities
Bergmann, H. (2024). Geohumanities. The Encyclopedia of Human Geography, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25900-5_299-1

Indigenous Data Sovereignty
Carroll, S. R, M. Duarte, & Libeiron, M. (2024). Indigenous Data Sovereignty. Data and Society. https://datasociety.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Keywords_Indigenous_Data_Sovereignty_Carroll_Duarte_Liboiron_04242024.pdf

Keeping time with digital technologies: From real-time environments to forest futurisms
Hood, K. L., & Gabrys, J. (2024). Keeping time with digital technologies: From real-time environments to forest futurisms. Environment and Planning D Society and Space, 42(2), 254–274. https://doi.org/10.1177/02637758241229896

CARE Data Principles, Indigenous data, Data related to Indigenous Peoples and Interest
Barsness, S., Cummins, J., Fernandez, M. V., James, A. M., Pierce Farrier, K., Pringle, J., … & Wieker, A. (2023). CARE Data Principles, Indigenous data, Data related to Indigenous Peoples and Interest. https://conservancy.umn.edu/items/b03c351c-bad6-45ac-a1a4-d90d7f37b8d8

Dams and tribal land loss in the United States
Randell, H., & Curley, A. (2023). Dams and tribal land loss in the United States. Environmental Research Letters, 18(9), 094001–094001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acd268

Indigenous research sovereignties: Sparking the deeper conversations we need
Johnson, J. T., Brewer, J. P., Nelson, M. K., Palmer, M. H., & Louis, R. P. (2023). Indigenous research sovereignties: Sparking the deeper conversations we need. Environment and Planning F, 2(1-2), 3–10. https://doi.org/10.1177/26349825231163149

Practical considerations for adaptive strategies by US grazing land managers with a changing climate
Derner, J. D., Wilmer, H., Stackhouse-Lawson, K. R., Place, S., & Boggess, M. (2023). Practical considerations for adaptive strategies by US grazing land managers with a changing climate. Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.1002/agg2.20356

Understanding the Characteristics and Needs of Tribal Community Members for Social Security Delivery
Butrica, B. A., Mudrazija, S., & Schwabish, J. (2023). Understanding the Characteristics and Needs of Tribal Community Members for Social Security Delivery. Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Stipica-Mudrazija/publication/376682180_understanding_the_characteristics_and_needs_of_tribal_community_members_for_social_security_delivery/links/658351ba0bb2c7472bfbcc6c/understanding_the_characteristics_and_needs_of_tribal_community_members_for_social_security_delivery.pdf

A land neither here nor there: voices from the margins & the untenuring of Lakota lands
Brewer, J. P., & Dennis, M. K. (2018). A land neither here nor there: voices from the margins & the untenuring of Lakota lands. GeoJournal, 84(3), 571–591. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-018-9867-2

Bison Goring Resulting in Abdominal Evisceration and Cervical Fracture: A Case Report
Miles, G., Quinlan, A., & Daniel, C. (2022). Bison Goring Resulting in Abdominal Evisceration and Cervical Fracture: A Case Report. Journal of Trauma Nursing, 29(6), 319–324. https://doi.org/10.1097/jtn.0000000000000685

COVID-19’s Impact on American Women’s Food Insecurity Foreshadows Vulnerabilities to Climate Change
Belsey-Priebe, M., Lyons, D., & Buonocore, J. J. (2021). COVID-19′s Impact on American Women’s Food Insecurity Foreshadows Vulnerabilities to Climate Change. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(13), 6867. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18136867

Effects of land dispossession and forced migration on Indigenous peoples in North America
Farrell, J., Burow, P. B., McConnell, K., Bayham, J., Whyte, K., & Koss, G. (2021). Effects of land dispossession and forced migration on Indigenous peoples in North America. Science, 374(6567). https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abe4943

Environmental justice criteria for new land protection can inform efforts to address disparities in access to nearby open space
Sims, K. R. E., Lee, L. G., Estrella-Luna, N., Lurie, M. R., & Thompson, J. R. (2022). Environmental justice criteria for new land protection can inform efforts to address disparities in access to nearby open space. Environmental Research Letters, 17(6), 064014–064014. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac6313

Late Surges in COVID-19 Cases and Varying Transmission Potential Partially Due to Public Health Policy Changes in 5 Western States, March 10, 2020, to January 10, 2021
Hua, X., Kehoe, A. R. D., Tome, J., Motaghi, M., Ofori, S. K., Lai, P.-Y., Ali, S. T., Chowell, G., Spaulding, A. C., & Fung, I. C.-H. (2022). Late Surges in COVID-19 Cases and Varying Transmission Potential Partially Due to Public Health Policy Changes in 5 Western States, March 10, 2020, to January 10, 2021. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 17(e277). https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2022.248

The Importance of Indigenous Cartography and Toponymy to Historical Land Tenure and Contributions to Euro/American/Canadian Cartography
Cole, D. G., & Hart, E. R. (2021). The Importance of Indigenous Cartography and Toponymy to Historical Land Tenure and Contributions to Euro/American/Canadian Cartography. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 10(6), 397. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi10060397

The Lost Land
Gamache, M. (2012, August). The Lost Land. National Geographic, In the Spirit of Crazy Horse: Rebirth of a Nation.

The Equitably Resilient City: Solidarities and Struggles in the Face of Climate Crisis
Zachary B. Lamb, Lawrence J. Vale. MIT Press, October 2024, ISBN 9780262380942

Invisible No More: Voices from Native America
Edited by Raymond Foxworth and Steve Dubb. Island Press, November 2023, ISBN 9781642833119

United States Department of Agriculture:
Recommendations Made to the U.S. Department of Agriculture to Advance Equity for All: The Final Report of the USDA Equity Commission (2024). No longer accessible on the USDA website, but can be accessed here (will download as PDF)

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Integrated Drought Information System:
NLIS listed as a Drought Resource for Tribal Nations

U.S. Energy Information Administration:
NLIS data used in State Energy Profiles of Montana, Nevada, and Washington (2025)

Congressional Briefing:
Building a Durable National Framework for Large Landscape Conservation by the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (2022)

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Center for Indian Country Development:
The Tribal Digital Divide: Extent and Explanations by Anahid Bauer, Donna L. Feir, and Matthew T. Gregg (2022)

Letter from Earthjustice to Secretary Tom Vilsak:
Recommendations for USDA on Executing Executive Order on Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities, Executive Order 13,985 (2021). Download here

City of Albuquerque’s Office of Native American Affairs, MASS Design, and Research Evaluation Consulting LLC:
A Housing Needs Assessment with the Indigenous Community of Albuquerque, New Mexico (2025)

Climate resilience won’t save us — but Indigenous Peoples’ sovereignty might
By Lala Forrest, MD, in Indian Country Today (September 8, 2025). Read here.

‘The Future will be Indigenous’: Sean Sherman brings food sovereignty mission to Montana
By Lilly Keller, in Bozeman Daily Chronicle (April 29, 2025). Read here.

Pipeline spills – Who pays the price?
By Aliyah Keuthan, in Native Sun News (December 12, 2024). Read here.

Reports detail loss and seek restoration for Native Americans in Colorado
By Anna Alejo, in CBS News Colorado (November 18, 2024). Read here.

Colorado’s dirty secret: A $500 billion mining industry built on Indigenous land
By Taylar Dawn Stagner, in Grist (July 8, 2024). Read here.

Forced relocation and human rights abuses: New report details Indigenous treatment in Colorado and recommends how to restore rights
By Bente Birkeland, in CPR News (June 14, 2024). Read here.

Report finds Colorado was built on $1.7 trillion of land expropriated from tribal nations
By Graham Lee Brewer, in AP News (June 14, 2024). Read here.

Growing Climate Hazards Pose Risks to Food System Resiliency Nationwide. Communities of Color Stand to Bear the Brunt.
By Kassandra Martinchek, Elaine Waxman, Noah Johnson, Amy Rogin, Judah Axelrod, Sonia Torres Rodríguez, in the Urban Institute (October 31, 2023). Read here.

From Dams to DAPL, the Army Corps’ Culture of Disdain for Indigenous Communities Must End
By Troy Pretends Eagle, in Natural Resources Defense Council (September 13, 2023). Read here.

CEQ’s Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool Needs to Consider How Burdens Add Up
By Rajat Shrestha, Sujata Rajpurohit, and Devashree Saha, in World Resources Institute (March 15, 2023). Read here.

Doing More With Less: Inequities In Tribal Fish & Wildlife Funding
Native American Fish and Wildlife Society (April 5, 2022). Read here.

How loss of historical lands makes Native Americans more vulnerable to climate change
By Rachel Treisman, in NPR (November 2, 2021). Read here.

Near Total Loss of Historical Lands Leaves Indigenous Nations in the U.S. More Vulnerable to Climate Change
By Dylan Walsh, Yale School of the Environment (October 28, 2021). Read here.

ASU Library:
Respecting Data Sovereignty

Duke University Libraries:
Native American/Indigenous Studies: Land + Environmental Justice

Kent State University:
Two-Eyed Seeing in Earth Observations: Co-Creating Data Tools and Capacity for Earth Observations Data Analysis in support of California’s Land Transfer Policy

Michigan State University Libraries:
Decolonize the University

Syracuse University Libraries:
GIS (Geographic Information Systems), Geospatial Data: Indigenous Mapping

UNC University Libraries:
Data to Study Racial Inequity: Data Sources with Exploration Interfaces

USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work:
Identity-Based Resources: Indigenous

Yale Library:
Indigenous Art & Architecture: Architecture

Incarceration as Carceral System Space of Native Racialized (In)Equality
By Kelly Tabbutt, University of Oklahoma, 2024. Access here.

Institutions and Structural Transformations in the North American Economy
By Adam Gregory Walke, Colorado State University, 2023. Access here.

GRADUATE LEVEL

Databases for healing and justice: Co-design with a grassroots, Indigenous organization
By Hannah Shumway, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, May 2024. Access here.

Decolonizing Energy: Exploring Indigenous Sovereignty through Renewable Energy Development in Native American Communities
By Katelin Collier, University of Iceland Environment and Natural Resources, June 2024. Access here.

Indigenous Environmental Justice and Screening Tools: Lessons Learned from EJSCREEN and Paths Forward for the Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool
By Haley Mullen, University of Michigan, April 2022. Access here.

UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL

Combating the Climate Crisis: Anishinaabe Philosophy and Environmental Justice
By Margaret Hunt, Fordham Research Commons, May 10, 2023. Access here.

Land Dispossession and Native American Climate Adaptation: The Hopi Tribe
By Jessica M. Curran, Fordham Research Commons, May 10, 2023. Access here.

Liberalism and its Trail
By David Nessa, Western Washington University, Spring 2023. Access here.

‘Locke’d Out: The Unrealized Potential of the Fiduciary Duty Through the Lens of Western Property Theory
By Deborah Klebansky, Seton Hall University, 2024. Access here.

Sovereignty Games: Tribal Gaming Regulation in the Contemporary United States
By Nicholas D. Chinn, Digital Commons @ Butler University, May 2025. Access here.

Who’s To Gain? Fluid Mineral Extraction on Oklahoma’s Non-Reservation Native Lands
By Tait J. Ferguson, Denison University Digital Commons, Spring 2023. Access here.

DATA PORTAL:

The Midwest Conservation Action Portal, the Midwest Landscape Initiative

REPORTS:

Addressing Commercial Tobacco Use in Indigenous Communities, American Lung Association

Demographic analyses in the US: an insight-based approach to studying diverse needs for library planning, Starr Hoffman and Martha Kyrillidou, Library Assessment Conference

Food Systems Study Exploring the Local Food Economy of the Oglála Lakȟóta Oyáte, Makoce Agriculture Development, Sweet Grass Consulting

Good Practices in the Co-Production of Knowledge: Working Well Together in Environmental Change Research, Center for Science and Society & Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University

Standing for Unči Maka (Grandmother Earth) and All Life: An Introduction to Lakota Traditional Sciences, Principles and Protocols and the Birth of a New Era of Scientific Collaboration, Maxwell Museum Technical Series

Techsan Wind Team Project Development Report, Declan Sackett, Ian Davis, Uy-Nghi Kody Nguyen, Griffin Morsi, David Navarrete, & Cristian Castillo, Texas Tech University

Understanding the Characteristics and Needs of Tribal Community Members for Social Security Delivery, Barbara A. Butrica, Stipica Mudrazija, & Jonathan Schwabish, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College

STORYMAPS:

Creating Positive Change: Using GIS in Indigenous Education, Joseph Kerski

Indian Territories During the 1800s, Aliya Gibbons

Stolen Lands: Indigenous Land Ethics and The Truth About America’s “untouched” Wilderness, Aiden Toth

MISC OTHER RESOURCES:

Agriculture in the Homelands, Makoce Agriculture Development, Sweet Grass Consulting

Agriculture by the numbers – and beyond, ESRI StoryScape

Digital Innovation for Global Good: Village Earth’s Success Story, Keitaro

Estate Planning, the Indian Land Tenure Foundation

Indigenous Data Sovereignty: EOV data as a tool for self-determination, Rachel Lohof Larsen, UVE Hub

Land Acknowledgements by the NYC Arts in Education Roundtable & the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education